Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Opendoor Boatshop. In our latest episode Lou moves on from the stem and bottom to fashion a transom for his Sport Dory. Built from a single piece of lumber and mostly quarter sawn the transom will be strong enough to accept fastening of the planking on both sides. With the transom roughed to shape Lou needs to transfer the measurements already on the mold onto the transom so he can draw a center line. With this center line he can then use his Dory drawings to measure out and mark several stations on both sides that represent where he is to cut and bevel to. After quickly cutting the transom to its new lines at 90 degrees Lou takes it back over and mounts it to his bottom and mold. Once in position he can electric plane the two sides down to bevel to accept the planking.
